Aria POV
“She needs to be careful or else she might lose the baby.”
“What did you just say?” Vanessa sharply cut through my haziness, “Baby?”
I heard the nurse tell my best friend Vanessa as I opened my eyes. White walls. The sharp smell of antiseptic. An IV needle taped to the back of my hand.
Matthew sat on the couch across the room.
I groaned as I tried to sit up. “Vanessa.”
“Aria, what did the nurse just say? That you’re pregnant?” She looked shocked.
I just stared at her. I didn’t know what to say.
“Why didn’t you tell me you’re pregnant? What are we friends for?” she asked.
“I didn’t want Matthew to know about my privacy,” I said to her in a low voice.
“Should I tell you something, Aria? Everybody in our friend group knows you’re married to Julian, including Matthew. I gues
